bardache

== French == === Etymology === Earlier bredaiche, borrowed from Italian bardassa, from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “captive”), from Persian بَرْدَه (“slave, captive”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʁ.daʃ/ === Noun === bardache m (plural bardaches) (dated) berdache (third-gender Native (North) American) (obsolete) passive homosexual Synonym: giton ==== Descendants ==== → English: bardash, berdache → Portuguese: berdache === Further reading === “bardache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012